Reminiscing on the Moments of the Past: My Time at the American Antiquarian Society

It’s not every day that one gets the opportunity to move across state lines to experience the workings of a new career. Throughout my undergraduate years at Virginia Commonwealth University, I juggled with the possibilities of the future and where it would ultimately take me. I have always been attracted to the ways history can ...

Reflections from a Returning Intern

As I near the end of my second summer at the American Antiquarian Society as an intern through the Library Internship for Nipmuc Community Members, supported by a grant from the United Way Central MA, I wanted to reflect on what this internship has done for me, and what I have been doing for it ...

DeWitt Clinton and the Common School Fund: Early Public Education in the Collection

For the past few months, I have had the opportunity to work as an intern in the manuscripts department here at the American Antiquarian Society. Usually, I spend my days the digitizing department working as a liaison between AAS and our vendors, paging newspapers and serials. I jumped at the chance to work in manuscripts ...